Weather Records on 8 June 1959

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1959. Highest significance: Boa Viagem, BR.

Key Facts for 8 June 1959

On 8 June 1959, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 469 daily.
Boa Viagem set a daily record precipitation of 56.7 mm (2.2 in) on 8 June 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 8 June 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pender Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Copainala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 8 June 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1959

Top 20 records on 8 June 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1959	Boa Viagem, BR	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	117 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Biloxi, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Sugartown, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Puerto Vallarta, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Burrwood Wb, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Barras, BR	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Itapage, BR	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	St Andrews, CA	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Kessariah, IN	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1959	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 473 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	344
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1